"If I'm talking to you, and a computer can follow what the conversation is about, it can go out and get services," Herman said. "It can look up stuff on the Internet to help us in the discussion."
My computer can't even find me 'Britney Spears Naked' when I type it in...
No, but company policy can... "Printing or copying a secure email document will result in a Class 1 infraction resulting in employee termination"
That is the dumbest-ever argument! Well OK then Mr. Company Policy, why don't we just make it company policy to permanently destroy email when you're told to and then we won't need to buy this software. JESUS.
I just heard the sad news on BBC radio. Web entreprenuer/pioneer goatse.cx guy was found dead in his home this morning. Even if you never admired his work [goatse.cx], you can appreciate what he did for the 'last frontier' of the internet.
Many of these services can also restrict what recipients do with messages -- such as bar them from forwarding, copying or printing e-mail.
Can it stop them taking a screenshot? I find it very hard to believe that once you have something decrypted on your computer someone can stop you copying it in some way...
Anybody remember the ad for, what was it, Nighthawk ? The Spectrum computer game based on some TV series about a fancy motorbike (Airwolf style). The ad ran for years, if memory serves me correctly. The game never came out, as far as I know.
Same with KnightRider, by Ocean. That had me in tears two christmases running, let me tell you!
If you don't like it, don't f-ing read it. If you don't want to read Jon's articles, then go to your users page and deselect him. It isn't hard, and you aren't doing anything to anyone except annoying those of us that might actually have something to say ON TOPIC. Are you forced to read his articles? Is anyone sitting next to you with a gun making you read this?
You think computers didn't exist before little billy gates started stealing other peoples ideas? Get a life and read some history. While Microsoft did a LOT to help popularize personal computers - and their early software was certainly on-track. They lost focus years and years ago and now simply push pure crap.
Products like Office 2K, Windows 2K and XP are not *at all* 'pure crap'. You may not like them, they may have problems, but they are not 'pure crap'.
Your comment makes me think you are one of the minions paid by Microsoft to say bullshit like this.
And your comment makes me think you're one of the many open source zealots on here who think their opinion is more important than anyone elses.
Actually, as everyone who knows one iota about movies is already aware, studios time their Oscar-caliber releases to be as close to the award nominations as possible.
Yeah, cos they know Americans have no long-term memory!
I thought this was one of the few Hollywood films where the porn flick version *doesn't* need to change the name (see Shaving Ryan's Privates for details)
This is a serious point - not a troll. Jon Katz is absolutely abysmal - I really don't see how he gets to write for this site... All of his articles are crap. Loved the 'Black Hawk Down is true and good' comment the other day. If you agree, invest two karma in replaying to this post and lets get rid of him - the guy deserves to be picking up his dole cheque...
What will it take for them to get it into their heads that they are just a supplier? If I found out that one of my clients was seriously considering an alternative product, I would be there grovelling, pointing out the benefits of staying with my company, maybe try to negociate a discount. But no, Microsoft are outraged! They've been slandered!
Er, yes, and if I found out my competitors were slandering my name and calling me undemocratic, I'd complain. Just try, just for a second, to imagine it was MS who'd slandered a company you do like, and they'd complained - or do you find it a bit difficult to step back from problems and look at them with an open mind?
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I think the ladies would run screaming for the exits
I think you mean 'screaming for *their* exits'...
Somehow, the phrase "Get a life, you sad sad men" springs to mind..
Um, you could post this on every story on slashdot, so why are you even here?
C&VG once gave away a cassette (remember them, kids?) with the musics from Outrun and 720 arcade machines.
I thought of exactly this when I saw this story - unfortunately these tyunes don't seem to be on there. Gonna go look for the cassette...
"If I'm talking to you, and a computer can follow what the conversation is about, it can go out and get services," Herman said. "It can look up stuff on the Internet to help us in the discussion."
My computer can't even find me 'Britney Spears Naked' when I type it in...
I try to help my friends build their own if I'm able and most of them seem to want Windows, so I give up.
What a nice accepting and helpful friend you are! 'I'll help you build a computer if you install the OS *I* say!'
People say that Linux can never compete on the desktop
In four years no-one is going to give a fuck about the desktop. So that's a sensible target...
No, but company policy can... "Printing or copying a secure email document will result in a Class 1 infraction resulting in employee termination"
That is the dumbest-ever argument! Well OK then Mr. Company Policy, why don't we just make it company policy to permanently destroy email when you're told to and then we won't need to buy this software. JESUS.
I just heard the sad news on BBC radio. Web entreprenuer/pioneer goatse.cx guy was found dead in his home this morning. Even if you never admired his work [goatse.cx], you can appreciate what he did for the 'last frontier' of the internet.
Yeah, he did a whole lot of good work...
Many of these services can also restrict what recipients do with messages -- such as bar them from forwarding, copying or printing e-mail.
Can it stop them taking a screenshot? I find it very hard to believe that once you have something decrypted on your computer someone can stop you copying it in some way...
Firepower happens to be a pretty decent deterrent. I've never heard of a mass shooting in, say, a police station, for instance
Urr, duh! Have you not seen the acclaimed documentary 'The Terminator'?
Anybody remember the ad for, what was it, Nighthawk ? The Spectrum computer game based on some TV series about a fancy motorbike (Airwolf style). The ad ran for years, if memory serves me correctly. The game never came out, as far as I know.
Same with KnightRider, by Ocean. That had me in tears two christmases running, let me tell you!
as far as i can see, this link is total bulshit?!?!? I may be pissed but?
what if hollywood started doing ALL films on the net, wouldn't THAT show those celluloid film buffs>
WHATEVER!
If you don't like it, don't f-ing read it. If you don't want to read Jon's articles, then go to your users page and deselect him. It isn't hard, and you aren't doing anything to anyone except annoying those of us that might actually have something to say ON TOPIC. Are you forced to read his articles? Is anyone sitting next to you with a gun making you read this?
Uh, yeah, exactly! Welcome to irony.
You think computers didn't exist before little billy gates started stealing other peoples ideas? Get a life and read some history. While Microsoft did a LOT to help popularize personal computers - and their early software was certainly on-track. They lost focus years and years ago and now simply push pure crap.
Products like Office 2K, Windows 2K and XP are not *at all* 'pure crap'. You may not like them, they may have problems, but they are not 'pure crap'.
Your comment makes me think you are one of the minions paid by Microsoft to say bullshit like this.
And your comment makes me think you're one of the many open source zealots on here who think their opinion is more important than anyone elses.
Actually, as everyone who knows one iota about movies is already aware, studios time their Oscar-caliber releases to be as close to the award nominations as possible.
Yeah, cos they know Americans have no long-term memory!
I thought this was one of the few Hollywood films where the porn flick version *doesn't* need to change the name (see Shaving Ryan's Privates for details)
Chicken Vindaloo. That's it.
This is a serious point - not a troll. Jon Katz is absolutely abysmal - I really don't see how he gets to write for this site... All of his articles are crap. Loved the 'Black Hawk Down is true and good' comment the other day. If you agree, invest two karma in replaying to this post and lets get rid of him - the guy deserves to be picking up his dole cheque...
personally, I think that spying on citizens is like masturbation. Everyone does it, no one admits it, and in the end it gets you nowhere.
I do it! There, that screws your theory...
"The phone company doesn't tap converstations, but they sure as hell have a database of which line called which number, when, and for how long."
I work for a phone company.
No, we sure as hell DON'T have a database. (atleast in Canada). There are only 3 times we keep track.
Does this mean you don't get itemised phone bills in Canada? Bummer.
Can anyone with a stronger stomach than me tell me roughly what that new picture is????
Nowadays, finding an IT job is *difficult* , especially as opensource techies
;-)!
Try looking for jobs at companies that actually have a revenue stream
Maybe this has been discussed earlier, but whatever happened to the people who were enrolled in Greenspun's ArsDigita University?
Er, they now flip burgers:-
"Seriously, many of our graduates are still looking for employment, despite their brilliance and numerous accomplishments (we're not biased, really)."
I wonder what current non-mainstream technologies will end up being considered revolutionary 40 years from TODAY.
Linux maybe?
What will it take for them to get it into their heads that they are just a supplier? If I found out that one of my clients was seriously considering an alternative product, I would be there grovelling, pointing out the benefits of staying with my company, maybe try to negociate a discount. But no, Microsoft are outraged! They've been slandered!
Er, yes, and if I found out my competitors were slandering my name and calling me undemocratic, I'd complain. Just try, just for a second, to imagine it was MS who'd slandered a company you do like, and they'd complained - or do you find it a bit difficult to step back from problems and look at them with an open mind?